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Social psychologist with experience as consultant to the International Labour Office (ILO), the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA), the International Development Research Centre (IDRG) and the World Bank. Research and publications include studies on the non-cognitive outcomes of education.

Acknowledgments This article is based on a monograph prepared for Unesco's Educational Policy and Planning Division titled ‘The Co-ordination of Educational Policy and Planning and Employment Policy and Planning: A State of the Art Review and Annotated Bibliography’ (Unesco, 1984). The views expressed in that document and in this article are the author's alone. I am indebted to all the institutions and individuals who have assisted me in this undertaking.

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Little, A. From educating and employing to learning and working. Prospects 16, 9–31 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02197970

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